Wednesday, September 29, 2010

09.15.2010 ヘキサゴン:西京高等学校

ヘキサゴン、久しぶりですね。この何週間ヘキサゴンチームが連勝していてちょっと調子に乗っていたので、今回は高校生チームを本気で応援しました。


また高校生が2位に入りました。頑張ってますね、、、島田神助さんが言う「知識より知恵」は本当ですかね?神助さんがチームリーダー牧田有衣ちゃんに「ダントツ君アホ」と言ってましたが、それでも16位でした。上地雄輔さんに負けてしまったけれど、ベテランの矢口真里さんと同点でしたよ、神助さん。


そして、リーダーが必ず予選ペーパーテストの最下位だと言ってましたが、それは当然でしょう。応募しようと思う程ヘキサゴンにハマっているのは受験勉強していない証拠ではないでしょうか?

第一ステージはアナウンスクイズでした。まずは漢字力が中々上がらない元木大介さんが問題を読みました。


色々間違えてましたが、これは特に笑えました:

四字熟語にカタカナ?
元木さん:「(スタッフは)抜群ですね上手くごまかすの」

この混乱の中でもラサール石井さんが間髪を入れずに答える姿が意外に格好良かったです:


次は元木さんより心配なメンバーが出て来ました。


始める前からグダグダで弱気な発言:


しかし、凄いのはこの目標に届かなかったことです。そうです、正解はたった一つでした。何も読めない上に、単に問題を速く読む気もないので、他のメンバーが答えるのは無理でした。


ミドリチームは期待されていたが、出来はまぁまぁでした。ピンクチームとオレンジチームが弱くてラッキーでした。


(ピンクチーム 50点、オレンジチーム 10点、ミドリチーム 70点)

第二ステージはあまりやらない縄跳びクイズでした。どのチームもパーフェクトを出せず、二回挑戦しました。

ピンクチームは一回目に6人まで行ったが、元木さんが連続して間違えていた内にmisonoが引っ掛かってしまいました。二回目も元木さんが何回も間違え、最終的には一問も正解せず終わりました。本人がプロデゥースするラーメン屋の無料券を他のメンバーから求められていました。ww









オレンジチームも同じように6人まで正解しましたが、また具志堅用高さんが足を引っ張りました。元選手なので運動神経が良いかと皆思っていましたが、質問に答えられない上に縄に引っ掛かっていました。何故か縄が超速く回されたら飛べましたが(何かボクシングの感覚に似るようです)、二回目そのスピードで挑戦しても具志堅さんがつまづきました。









ピンクチームとオレンジチームがミスしたのでミドリチームに取ってチャンスでしたが、出来は一番悪かったです。wwゲームに慣れてない所為か、皆の頭の中が混乱していたそうでした。









(ピンクチーム 60点、オレンジチーム 60点、ミドリチーム 40点)

最後は勿論、早押しリレークイズ。全チーム接戦でした。神助さんは高校生はここで緊張するだろうと言ってましたが、あまりそういう感じではなかったです。今回は上地さんなどを使う狡いことはしてませんでしたし、神助さんが「上地生で見て優しかったやろ?」と聞いたら牧田ちゃんが「あまり絡んでないです」と冷静に返事してました。













つるの剛士さんは今回調子悪かったです。「番付」が出て来なかった後、神助さんに「女子高校生に『番付』負けたらあかんぞ」と言われてました。ww

最初の方はオレンジチームが圧勝してましたが、永遠と具志堅さんで止まってしまい、最後は等々ミドリチームとピンクチームに抜かれました。

勝利を決めた問題はこちら:



罰ゲームはまた小島よしおさん?ww

That Slow Dance


Finally, my first taste of Nebelhorn: the Shibutanis. This video could not make for a better start to my following of the international season. I love them, and I love this program.

Being a sibling team presents a number of challenges to and limitations on their programs, obviously--the intense romance and sexual tension that simply oozes from Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir is (should be?) impossible, and would be so highly problematic if it were. The Shibutanis have dealt with this well, though, without becoming cutesy or gimmicky, and they have made music choices that bring an element of romance onto the ice without actually implicating them. This was true of their exhibition from last season, which I adored, and it is true of this FD, which has a very similar era and feel.

In this musical sense, this program is very trademark Shibutani--or what I hope will become their trademark--but their lifts have the very clear Marina Zoueva/Igor Shpilband mark. The entrances and exits for their six-second lift in particular, while gorgeous, are quite reminiscent of both Tessa & Scott and Meryl Davis & Charlie White. Looking at these three teams has also led me to conclude that the coaching pair really knows how to dress their teams. Maia's dress is beautiful, and it makes her look even more mature than she already does.

One thing that really stood out to me was how much their twizzles have improved. They were by no means poor last season, but this time they were remarkably sharp, fast, and together. The sparse audience noticed it, too. :)

Apparently there are a few technical issues in this program as it stands now, but it is early in the season and I can't imagine anything slipping by Zoueva and Shpilband's eagle eyes (unless, of course, they are distracted by having too many top teams under their tutelage at once, which is something I've been wondering about ever since Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates announced their coaching change).

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Magical Uncle Toni

So apparently a French tennis magazine published an interview with Toni Nadal, and Men's Tennis Forum has a translation. I suppose I could read the original interview and practice my French a bit, but this method is far easier. :) I've bolded the parts I found particularly funny or interesting, and taken out the translator's original emphases.
Interview with Toni Nadal

Tennis Magazine (Fr), n°413, Octobre 2010

In a way – and this is not to put him down – he’s part of the scenery: Toni is essential in the landscape of world tennis. Everybody obviously knows the uncle and trainer of the world n°1 but what do we really know about the man, who is rarely seen without a cap as if it’s a protection and who has the debonair style of a tennis “professor” we’d all like to have? Not much. So, for once we’d like to listen to a trainer – and not just any trainer! – to decode with him the mechanisms that have allowed him to, stone by stone, build one of the biggest phenomena in the history of the sport. By applying a healthy discourse that has education and work as the lead motives, “uncle Toni” takes us along with him on the path to the incredible destiny of the Nadals. Through this interview, we gradually acquire a better understanding of how Rafa became Rafa….

Tennis Magazine: Toni, everybody knows you as the uncle and coach of Rafael Nadal but they know less about your own background. You’ve celebrated your 50th birthday this year (T.M.: he was born on February 17, 1960 in Manacor). Could you briefly describe this half-century?
Toni Nadal: What can I say (smiles)? Like everybody in the family, I was born in Mallorca and I still live there, in Porto Cristo I have three children, one girl and two boys aged 9, 7 and 6. I was the second-born in the family after Sebastian, father of Rafael. I have two other brothers (T.M.: one of which is Miguel Angel, former football player at FC Barcelona) and a sister, quite a bit younger. As you know, we are a very sports-minded family but I was the first to play tennis. I tried a lot of sports, including football of course, but also swimming, table tennis (ping pong) which is the sport in which I managed quite well since I was the junior champion of the Balearic Islands. From the age of 14, I started playing tennis.

T.M.: What triggered your interest in the sport?
Toni: In 1972, I was able to go to the Masters that took place in Barcelona. That year, I saw Ilie Nastase win and he became my idol. So, I started to play in the Tennis Club of Manacor, Rafa’s current club and I’ve been a member since 1974.

T.M.: Quickly, you reached a very good level, by the way…
Toni: Let’s not exaggerate. Let’s say that I had a good regional or national level. I reached group A in the 2nd Spanish category (T.M.: Still, this category grouped the 30 best Spanish players). After that, I no longer disputed a lot of tournaments because I was also studying in Barcelona. I followed law studies because that’s what my father wanted and also history because that interested me more. In a broader perspective, I wasn’t very passionate about those studies. I couldn’t see myself getting a job in it because I could quickly see that I didn’t have the potential.

T.M.: What sort of player were you?
Toni: I had the same style as José Higueras (smiles). I made very few mistakes and I was physically good. The problem was that I did not have a strong shot. I lacked aggressiveness. My backhand was correct but my forehand wasn’t very good.

T.M.: How did you earn a living before becoming Rafa’s coach?
Toni: I was interested in sports so I ended up getting a trainer’s degree and I started to teach in the club in Manacor. Before becoming a football pro, my brother Miguel was in that club as well and he was very good at it because he became the junior champion of the Balearic Islands. There were quite a few very good juniors. Our tennis school has an excellent quality, it’s one of the best on the Balearic Islands.

T.M.: And then, Rafa came…
Toni: Rafa was a very good youngster amongst others. I first started to train him in the tennis school where he started in 1990 at the age of 4. It’s only a couple of years later so it seems, in 1996 or in 1997, that I started to focus only on training Rafa. But that was not because we had decided that he would become a professional player. It was too early for that. It was a decision made because it was easier that way. Rafa started to play in a lot of tournaments and he needed somebody to accompany him. Rafa’s dad preferred me to do that and he also backed it financially.

T.M.: So, you took charge of little Rafa and perhaps, you made the most important decision of his life: to let him play with his left hand whereas he’s a natural right-hander.
Toni: No! That’s a legend… But it’s really not the truth. At the start, he played with two hands but using one hand to direct. I had the impression that he was stronger on his left side than on his right side. So, I figured that he was left-handed; it’s as simple as that. Besides, even if he ate with his right hand, he also played football with his left foot. However, at no point did I tell him: “He needs to play with his left hand because that way, he will be much stronger.” However, since I’m not completely stupid, I simply advised him to use his strongest hand. That’s it. Besides, I don’t think that it’s that much more advantageous to be left-handed. Just look at the world’s best players: there are not many of them there. No, the only thing I did advise Rafa was that at the age of 10, he needed to stop playing his forehand with two hands because no top player had a two-handed forehand and I couldn’t imagine my nephew being the first. So, this is all there is to this story. Would Rafa be as strong now if he used his right hand? That’s something we don’t know and we will never know.

T.M.: So, when you started to train only with Rafa, was your first job a huge technical task?
Toni: No, not really. If you want to work in a healthy way with somebody, the first task is to make him responsible. Even as a kid, Rafa had to be the master of his own tennis decisions. After that, my philosophy as a coach is not to tell a player: “You have to hit that ball this or that way because that’s the way that shot is played.” That’s wrong and you can see how so many players have so many different techniques. I will rather tell a player: “It doesn’t matter how you take that ball, but you need to hit it there with this speed and that sort of effect.” What I mean is that you have to look beyond technique. First of all, you need to know and understand the game. In fact, the work is mostly done on a mental decision-making way. With Rafa, I always set him short term goals. Every day, he needed to be better than the previous one. That’s more important than technique. So, I obviously worked a lot on pure technique as well because otherwise, you wouldn’t be a coach!

T.M.: Do you still use the same training methods now with Rafa?
Toni: Yes. But after all, you need to adapt your philosophy to the type of player you’re working with. If I was training Federer, I would probably do more technical work because his game depends a lot on technique and you need to maintain that. Federer is not the sort of player to do leg work (running) all day long.

T.M.: Would you love to train Federer?
Toni: No, that’s not what I wanted to say (smiles). You know, when Rafa retires, I don’t think that I could train another player. It would be difficult. I think that I’ll go back to training youngsters.

T.M.: Rafa's game is more characteristic game than others, less academic. Is that due to the fact that you gave him more freedom on a technical level?
Toni: Hard to say. Rafa has a very thorough foundation on a technical level. As time passed, he has developed his own game and indeed, it’s a lot different that the game style of others. Since we played a lot on clay, I focused on his forehand, his topspin and his consistency. For me, those were the three most important points.

T.M.: Another point that is without a doubt at least as important for you as a trainer but also as his uncle is the upbringing. Today, people applaud him specifically for his perfect upbringing.
Toni: Yes, that’s true. It’s been essential for two reasons. Firstly, it’s a lot easier to work with somebody who has an exemplary behavior. Secondly, like you said, it’s because Rafa is my nephew. I didn’t want people to have a bad image of him. Having said that, I didn’t do much work in this department. Rafa has always been an easy boy. I don’t remember him misbehaving on a court once; he has never broken a racquet in his life. Generally speaking, I think that people neglect the upbringing all too often. I remember what Ricardo Piatti, trainer of Ivan Ljubicic, once said during a colloquium in Italy: “The problem today is that if you ask a father if he’d prefer to see his son to become the Roland Garros champion rather than a well brought up kid, he’s pick the first option.” Besides, it’s easier to win Roland Garros if you have a good upbringing because that implies that you have discipline, that you can listen and that you can accept your mistakes.

T.M.: Is it true that when he was a kid, you made your nephew believe that you had magical powers?
Toni: Yes (smiles). Rafa was the little boy in the family and everybody always had so much fun with him. As a joke, I made him believe all sorts of things: that I was a star at AC Milan, that I had won the Tour de France five times with a moped (laughs)…Indeed, I also told him that I had magical powers. One day, he must have been about 7 or 8, we lacked a player in the 12-year group to compete in a team event. I took him along with us and to reassure him, I told him that he didn’t need to worry if the match went badly because I have the ability to make it rain. It was winter. So, when the match got tight at the start, it started to rain and then, Rafa turned to me and said: “It’s alright, you can make it stop now, I’m going to win!” Another time, we were watching a match of Ivan Lendl on TV. It was a replay of an older match during which Lendl retired. Rafa didn’t know that. So, at the exact moment when Lendl retired, I told him: “Alright, I’m going to make Lendl lose.” He couldn’t believe his eyes. I have a lot of examples like that.

T.M.: When you think back to those moments and you look at him now with his incredible achievements, isn’t it you who can’t believe your eyes now?
Toni: I am surprised by his career, yes. Because I look around us and I see a lot of players who are just as good as he is: Murray, Djokovic, Gasquet, for example…These are players who perhaps have an easier touch of the ball. And yet, Rafa has by far the best career. So, you ask me whether I’m surprised. Yes, I am. I’ll go even further, I don’t understand it.

T.M.: But don’t you think that Rafa has something more than the others in this regard?
Toni: Perhaps so, yes. He has an incredible game intensity and a good mentality. I think that he has a better mental control than the others.

T.M.: At the start of his career, a lot of people said: “his game is too intense, it won’t last…”
Toni: (interrupts) But a lot of people talk without understanding what they’re talking about.

T.M.: So, you don’t share this opinion?
Toni: No. You basically need to understand one thing. When he arrived on tour, he was very young and not really ready for all of it. He made his debut among the 200 best players of the world at the end of 2002 and we didn’t foresee that to happen this quickly. However, suddenly, he needed to step it up to keep up with the tour. All year long, Rafa had to play against adults whereas he was just a boy. In those circumstances, the only thing he could do on court was to run and to run everywhere. It’s true that in the beginning of his career, he did nothing but that. However, this is the image that has stuck with him often without people noticing that gradually, his game was evolving. Today, if you really look at him, he doesn’t run any more than the other players on court. So, it’s true that his forehand is not as fast as Söderling’s because he has learned to play with more topspin. However, just look at the last Roland Garros final and you will see that Rafa ran much less than Söderling. Same when you look at the semi-final in Wimbledon against Murray but in a different context. That must mean that his tennis is good, no? If Rafa had started out on tour later than he has, when he was already fully formed, people would surely not have said this about him.

T.M.: What about the future? Will you work on evolving his game some more?
Toni: (thinks) The most important thing is to make sure that you do something better than how you did it on the previous day. Because if you stop improving, you’re dead. So, rather than evolving, I would call it improvement.

T.M.: Does it make you sad that people talk more about his physique and his mental ability than about his technique and his talent?
Toni: Today, people want to talk about everything but without going deeper into the matter. You need to look at things more carefully and with more objectivity. Certain people have said that Rafa doesn’t have a very good technique. But what is that, technique? Is it hitting the ball very hard and with a beautiful movement but once out of every two hits, it lands outside the court? Is it to have a very good forehand, a very good serve but no backhand? No. For me, technique is about being able to place the ball wherever you want it to land with no matter what shot. This is what Rafa can do. So, perhaps he doesn’t have the same technique as Federer, but he does have an excellent technique. A good forehand, a good backhand that he can slice, a correct volley… He has a hand that allows him to do a lot of things.

T.M.: Basically, don’t you have the impression that Rafa’s talent is often underestimated?
Toni: I don’t know. People can think whatever they want anyway. It’s not a problem for me. I do think that they overestimate his physique. If you compare him with French players like Monfils or Tsonga, I’d say that they have a better physique, they’re more strongly built. They say that Rafa is always there to hit the ball but I think that this has more to do with his excellent anticipation skills and a very good perception of the game.

T.M.: You say that you don’t attach a lot of importance to what others say about Rafa. However, you were affected last year with how they whistled at Rafa in Roland Garros… (Note: in 2009, the year of his first (and so far only) defeat in the 1/8 final against Robin Söderling, the public firmly supported the Swede)
Toni: I’m not saying that I don’t attach a lot of importance to it, I’m saying that people are entitled to think whatever they want. I think that the Roland Garros public was very incorrect that day. In sports, it’s good to cheer for somebody’s victory but it’s not normal to wish defeat on somebody else. I’ve often repeated it to my nephew, who is a keen supporter of Real Madrid as you know, that I understand that he wants Real to win but I always told him that he should not wish defeat on Barcelona. I know that a lot of fans are like that but I think it’s a rather dumb way of going about it. Anyway, we’re not brought up like that in our family, that’s not what we’ve been taught. It’s for that reason that I was shocked by the way the Parisian public acted and even more so for three reasons: Firstly because Rafa has always been a very correct player, secondly because he was the defending Roland Garros champion and thirdly, because he’s given a lot to that public by giving many autographs and such. So, to support Söderling, yes. No problem. But to whistle at Rafa, no.

T.M.: Have you forgiven the Parisian public these days?
Toni: I don’t have to forgive them for anything. This is my opinion on what happened, that’s all. This year, things were better, much better.

T.M.: How far do you see Rafa going from this point on?
Toni: I have no idea. If he happens to win no more tournaments, we’re not going to make a projection about it. Our only goal is to play well, to improve ourselves. That’s the best way to reach serenity: to do the things as best as you can. Rafa has the opportunity to do professionally something he loves above all else. It’s up to him to do his best and that’s easier to do when you love what you’re doing. Beyond that, we’re not focused on accumulating Grand Slam tournaments because that’s not entirely up to us. You have other players to deal with. The work we put in it is the only thing that depends totally on us.

T.M.: Do you think that Rafa will be able to play until he’s 35 for instance?
Toni: No, I don’t think so. A lot of people predicted him to have a short career and this career is already going strong for 8 years now. But anyway, you have to consider that he started on tour when he was very young and I think that by the age of 27 or 28, fatigue will start to set in. We’ll see.

T.M.: How do you explain that you Nadals have such strong minds?
Toni: I think that a lot has to do with upbringing. One of the key elements that’s instilled on us is that in life, you have to face difficulties head-on. You can’t think like a child that everything is beautiful. There will always be problems and you need to take them on. In tennis, like in life, you have to accept your mistakes, realize that you have to learn a lot in order to do less and you have to put in the necessary work to get there. This is what we’ve always done with Rafa. From when he was little, I made it so that things didn’t always go smoothly. So, unlike other kids today, he has learned that things don’t always happen the easy way, not right away. We had to deal with a lot of problems together like his serve which was really not good at the start. That’s a key ingredient in sports, no? Tennis means hitting the ball back and forth over the net, there is no other signification. However, tennis becomes a passion when you measure the mental effort it requires, when you sum up all the difficulties you've encountered and when you gradually, step by step, start to rise above these obstacles. This is a good summary of Rafa’s career. Whatever happens in the future, I can assure you that he’ll leave a happy and satisfied man with all that he has accomplished.
Hah... the part about his "magical powers" is just brilliant. Beyond that, though, I have a few questions... The media always makes it seem as if it's the three Nadal brothers--Sebastian, Toni, and Miguel Angel--but now there is a fourth brother and a sister? Who are they, and what do they do? And Monfils is "more strongly built" than Nadal? Really? Tsonga, yes--he looks like Muhammad Ali, through and through--but Monfils always looks so thin and kind of fragile.

It's quite intriguing that Uncle Toni includes Gasquet in his list of players who hit the ball as well as his nephew. A while ago, Jon Wertheim claimed that in a vacuum, Gasquet was possibly just as talented as Federer, and that they were far more talented than Nadal--who in fact could not be considered talented. I disagreed with this then and I still do now, but I think it says something (frustration?) that these experts all ignore the other players ranked between the top and Gasquet when they name the best ball-strikers. I can't quite figure out whether Murray, Djokovic, and Gasquet (I do like how Federer is respectfully left out) hit the ball as well as Nadal, but the point is--and Toni does sort of reference this in the next answer--Nadal's mentality not only allows him to maintain his intensity throughout, but allows him to go for the most impressive of shots at any given time. Murray is too gloomy to do that, Djokovic can't breathe enough to do that, and, well, Gasquet...

It was kind of dissatisfying and satisfying to read Uncle Toni questioning what exactly "technique" is. While reading the interview I was actually struggling to define what "technique" is so I would have a better idea of how the theory behind Nadal's training might differ from that behind others' regimes, but I guess it turns out no one really has a definite idea after all.

"You have to learn a lot to do less" is a really interesting phrase. I guess what it means is that all of the hard work that goes in at first is repaid later, when things become easier than they otherwise would have been. Nadal's trademark work ethic and mental strength seems to reflect this thinking. Uncle Toni is more philosophical than I would have imagined.

Great interview, great man, great player. I knew I loved France.

Monday, September 27, 2010

What Is Old, and What Is New?

On the day before her 40th birthday, Kimiko Date Krumm defeated Maria Sharapova in three sets at the Tokyo Toray Pan Pacific Open. Way to deliver in front of a home crowd.

What I noticed aside from the obvious point that Sharapova is having major issues that implicate more than just an uncertain shoulder was that she was wearing her US Open dress. What? The top stars--and someone like Sharapova especially, who makes such a point to be fashionable on court--almost never repeat outfits. And to repeat a dress from a tournament as visible as the US Open... did she lose too early there? Haha. I know this is a really trivial point, but I've really never seen her do this before.


I just added in this picture for good measure, simply because it's kind of cute and the dark fuschia complements the aqua well. And also because it's an example of an unremarkable dress that could be repeated across many tournaments without anyone really noticing.


I actually hit with Date Krumm several years ago at my local tennis club. I remember missing several shots until one of the coaches said in quite a sympathetic voice, "She's nervous," which actually calmed me down. But that's not the point, really. I hadn't known who she was until she showed up at the club and didn't realize that she had been as high as No. 4 in the world, but I was struck by the athleticism and fitness she exuded. Sharapova references Date Krumm's fitness in the press conference after her loss, and it's very interesting to realize that we are all similarly impressed. Date Krumm just seemed to have a really active body--she was just hitting with some club kids, but immediately became sweaty. I guess that's a weird anecdotal point, but it's stuck with me.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

04.17.2010 志村どうぶつ園:大野智 vs パンくん

ちょっと古いですが、何回観ても笑えますね、、、リーダー対パンくん、体力測定対決!前回は相葉くんが出て負けたので、リーダーは頑張らなければいけませんでした。^_^


実はこれでリーダーはパンくんと会うのが初めてでした。その初対面は:

Aww~

対決を始める前にまず身長を計りました。パンくんは背伸びばかりしていて中々計れなかったが、等々志村さんがパンくんを抑えて目盛りを読みました。

凄い!

次はリーダーの番!パンくんが計る係でした。









wwすでにリーダーは負けている、、、

最初の対決は腕立てふせでした。パンくんは腕立てふせがイマイチ分からなかったみたいで、顎をクッションに当てているだけでした:










結果は勿論パンくんの勝ち!実はリーダーは相葉くんにも負けました。









次は前屈でした。リーダーは怪物くんなので、腕が伸びると言ってましたが、、、


それに比べてパンくんはなんと柔らかい!









三つ目の対決は腹筋でした。パンくんは足を持ってもらっていたが、リーダーはちゃんと付いて行ってました。



三連敗状態のリーダーは弱気でけん垂を迎えました。しかし、相葉くんはたった二つで諦めたと聞いて、せめて相葉くんに勝つと決めてました。最終的には9回もやりました。パンくんは永遠と出来そうでした。


どうやらパンくんは「休憩」も勝ちました。(?)

その後は竹馬で20m競争でした。練習でリーダーは一歩も進めず落ちてしまいましたが、竹馬を横にして乗ったら歩けました。(スタジオの皆は竹馬を横に向けたら「え〜?!」と言ってましたが、私はどう見ても横向きの方が楽だと思います、、、)


しかし、横にしてもパンくんには適えませんでした:


六つ目の競技はバック転でした。さすがジャニーズのメンバー、リーダーは連続のバク転も含み15秒で6回出来ました。

LOL

パンくんはもっと難しいバック宙を8回しました。体がやたら軽く見えました!猿は凄い。

最後はリズム感対決でした。ここまで全て負けて来たリーダーは嵐の曲に合わせて踊ると聞いて、ちょっと自信持ちました。志村さんはパンくんのリズム感も抜群だと言ってましたけれど、、、


曲は「A-RA-SHI」だったので、リーダーは相変わらずの踊りをしました。一人でも格好良かったです!でも、パンくんは確かに上手かったです。団扇を持ちながら、ちゃんとリズムに合わせて跳ねたり回ったりしてました。そして、最後は何とカメラに向かってポーズ!


判定はリーダーに任されました。かなり悩んでからリーダーは等々自分の枠にリボンを付けてしまいました!不満そうにパンくんはリボンを自分の方に動かそうとしました。ww